Not entirely sure what he would have expected to happen. One of the first things you learn about racism when you start to study it is that, when you live in a r

Not entirely sure what he would have expected to happen. One of the first things you learn about racism when you start to study it is that, when you live in a racist world, you have to be taught not to be racist or you'll pick it up by osmosis. Should it really come as a surprise that rural areas are dominated by people who choose bigotry first and understanding never? Maybe he had the belief, not my home town!, but this is an awful way to have your bubble burst. I guess he thinks he's doing his part to make the world a less racist place, but honestly I don't think these kinds of tactics are effective. Even if they were, you make changes in the world by scaling your efforts. Things that are scalable: Discussion groups, awareness campaigns, get-out-the-vote movements. Things that are not scalable: pranks, violence, other kinds of childishness. He got his fifteen minutes, and stuck to his guns, sure. But a year from now nobody's going to remember him except for the enemies he made.